Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: AI Is Killing Some Legacy Hardware Support Date: 27 Apr 2026 18:14:48 GMT Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <10sbn6f$2kkkk$8@dont-email.me> <69ea9ec7@news.ausics.net> <69eb2a5f@news.ausics.net> <10skbd3$1cssv$3@dont-email.me> <10skfk3$93hh$1@news1.tnib.de> <10skglm$1ej2r$1@dont-email.me> <69ee94fe@news.ausics.net> <10snd8b$29c0d$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net VjNxclHSZxjftgLYG+tF1g6fJCvhjTsF1LIY3FNjwHiuFW5o9u Cancel-Lock: sha1:nUW7DAIP6rGFobgG9Invvtj1O2Q= sha256:ZJUBmSc2CFxgz/hnimqW55GS+HfEp9AWDHX/pEHc1aM= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:85976 On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:19:55 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 26/04/2026 23:43, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> True, but usually niche things like the Micro Channel bus, or >> industry-specific hardware. For over a decade almost everyone running >> Linux on a laptop would have had a PCMCIA slot. Dropping that (and >> other relatively recent changes and discussions) is a new indication >> that the developers don't care anymore about keeping old hardware >> going. Even though Linux has really been very good at it and is now >> picking up many new users on that basis since Windows has become even >> more extreme with their enforcement of hardware obsolescence. >> >> > Crap. PCMCIA is at least 20 years since last made. > It is already doubtful that a 20 year old machine would have enough RAM > or CPU grunt to run a modern desktop effectively. > > Back then I was running Win XP with 2GB RAM The only laptop I had with PCMCIA was a 1995 Compaq Concerto that ran Win 3.1. It doesn't have enough harddrive or RAM to run anything from this century.